Jean-Emile Laboureur

(French, 1877–1943)

Jean-Emile Laboureur was a French artist best known for his woodcuts and etchings of daily life. Born on August 16, 1877 in Nantes, France, he went to Paris in 1895 to study law but dropped out and enrolled at the Académie Julian. The artist Auguste Lepère taught him wood engraving, while Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec trained him in etching and lithography. Between 1899 and 1911, Laboureur lived in Germany, America, Canada, England, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. While in the United States, he produced his first series of prints, Ten Etchings from Pittsburgh (1905), and taught at the Art Students League in New York. In 1911, he returned to Paris and developed what would become his signature style. Though Laboureur was initially inspired by Lautrec and the Primitivism of Paul Gaugin, he is considered to be the first printmaker to be strongly influenced Cubism. By the end of World War I, the artist had gained wide acclaim as a book designer and illustrator. The artist died on June 16, 1943 in Pénestin, France. Today, Laboureur’s works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, and the Art Institute in Chicago, among others.

Jean-Emile Laboureur Artworks

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La Barmaid à Londres, 1909

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La Barmaid à Londres, 1909

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Le Palais du Trocad,ro, 1938

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Le Palais du Trocad,ro, 1938

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Les Bouquets, 1920

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Les Bouquets, 1920

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Le Bord de Mer, 1938

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Le Bord de Mer, 1938

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Station de Banlieue, 1901

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Station de Banlieue, 1901

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L'Acropole vu du Temple de Thésée, 1909

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L'Acropole vu du Temple de Thésée, 1909

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Won't you buy my pretty flowers?, 1909

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Won't you buy my pretty flowers?, 1909

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Couples, 1920

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Couples, 1920

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Le Marché aux Fleurs ou La Rencontre, 1914

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Le Marché aux Fleurs ou La Rencontre, 1914

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Soho Girls, 1912

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Soho Girls, 1912

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La Panne, 1926

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La Panne, 1926

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La grande Bergère, 1926

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La grande Bergère, 1926

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Le Prieur, des Cordeliers (Chartres), 1933

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Le Prieur, des Cordeliers (Chartres), 1933

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Marine IV: les Crevettes, 1934

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Marine IV: les Crevettes, 1934

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Hiver en Brière, 1934

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Hiver en Brière, 1934

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Courses à Longchamp, 1938

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Courses à Longchamp, 1938

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L'Exposition de 1937, 1937

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L'Exposition de 1937, 1937

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Le Moulin abandonné, 1934

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Le Moulin abandonné, 1934

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Le Départ pour la Promenade, 1924

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Le Départ pour la Promenade, 1924

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La Pâtisserie, 1914

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La Pâtisserie, 1914

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Le Marchand de glaces, 1923

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Le Marchand de glaces, 1923

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La Pluie sur la Plage, 1924

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La Pluie sur la Plage, 1924

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La Ruelle, 1927

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La Ruelle, 1927

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La Cage, 1928

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La Cage, 1928

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